Show litt fal jon limtt boino f I 1 range romances come to light in loa angeles anil the record of careers ia a continually ami rapidly increasing gnp thero y a young woman now living n MAUI street who can claim with an excellent chow of to have beaten the the story of her life is a fascinating one anil so saringe sl ringe as to bo almost regarded aa a fairy tale wore it not for convincing con proof that it is true the of iiii heroine of the story is mils itice and while ara alil bile luis ha la caner that furnish for a dozen realistic novels it binim haco her hair gray end ilin mcd the brilliancy hut it be confessed eliat kiino bod trouble have dealt lightly with lier t lm is a built graceful lias liliie byis and dark ami hair that would he glossy black verp it not fr the art of a hairdresser who haa blea clied it to a golden hue her head is well and is a remarkably wel info nid head to be on such shoulders alio licad ii adorned by a black tain 0 Sli anter hat when its owner takes a walk on llie street addad to the attractive appearance of the young woman she is fifiel with a voice which not as strong as it wad once is very sweet and well trained she lives in a small room in a quiet and secluded block and hes been trying to fight against ft decline in health due no doubt to the trying experiences through which she has gone slight and willowy as her figure i there is an aud spring about her carriage which betoken a long course of training and while her hand ia and prettily shaped it has a touch of steel in its grasp as well as of velvet the remarkable incidents of her life cannot be given in full but only touched upon in a brief way about ten years ago miss price was known as banila Be nila and another name by which she was known in the circus world was the little wonder she was then traveling about the country with adam show she was alien only ij years old and had been riding lor several j ears she was a waif who had been with forepaugh since she was 3 years old and had been from her earliest infancy in riding her first recollections were cf the circus ring and horses and of the training through which glicr little limbs were made so flexible that it was what fiata alie could pae torm she was the idol of the performers and became devotedly attached to the horses she rode often tho was found curled up in tho neck of a sleeping horse retting peacefully ahli her head upon the when she was largo enough she became one of the attractions of the circus world she rodd bart bick never having been allowed to ride upon n pad tho lifo of tho little spirit went on in alm manner until falio was 15 years old she traveled all over th H country ami went four times to europe in n performance at brooklyn one night while turning to alight upon the shoulders ot her fellow perform vr both being on horseback dio missed her aud fell she to aud waa sadly injured her back was liburt and lilu brodeu after euire riu for everal months sho recovered but never to adum to alio ring except upon one occasion in new york at that time alie forepaugh and shows were consolidated and ISe uita rode as a jockey in crazy and is now in an insane nay te hippodrome races forepaugh cr daddy as she called him told to ride to win sho was iu boya and waa laughed at by the other equestriennes because she was so little but she won the ances then were decenes of wild excitement and much money changed hands on tho ID alu hurdle raco a woman furious at the boy as benita was thought to lc struck her horse and tried to beat her over the hurdle against the rules the horse stumbled ami down lio woman went her horse rolled over her and crushed her inflicting injures from which she never recovered bat eventful as was the circus career of this little girl tho events winch soon followed follow td and liy which she lier parents add to tho interest of the story while in philadelphia miss arico heard some of the showmen talking about her parentage and wondering how tha lettla to be brought up as she bad been they spoke about agomo who had attended the circus and whose resemblance to her attracted their attention M aas price hu anted up and found that their namo was and tint they bamily iu the quaker city the result of a call ou the lady waa the discovery that man was her kunf the recognition was made by the discovery of a peculiar white spot on the neck f ac girl from philadelphia eh went with her aunt to beaton ani was returned to her father matthew price a wealthy business mai ma i of boston the mystery of her birth was cleared up and she lived with her father and stepmother her mother had been murdered and the murder was the cause of the giu eular misfortune of the girl before matthew price married he had aa a rival a man named judson who was furious when price won the prize and he swore to be revenged llis revenge was diabolical some alter the birth of liaa price ho caused her to bo abducted from her home and took her south to new orleans where an old colored woman was lier hero ehe until to complete hia ic hudgon had the child turned over to w an orphan who might be trained to u circus life the parents were frantic over their losa and searched high and loff bat without aul then andna a of chei t tcp irate price and ilia wit i his plans eventually and tripo believing hid wife separated from her Jui laou however became so enrage il nt MM price because acho his advances after the separation that one evening meeting her as aho was making a call at 11 house lie hol lier abid heit her over the head willi a a revolver the poor woman died and judda vas tried and convicted after alias price had lived with her several months aud waa 11 years old she became attached to a gentleman wliam cho married against the wished of her father married jil e wa quite happy for two yeara when ho ili that he had a wife and living in kansas city she led him and so attached alt ached to her had lie become that ho went hiim the young woman of many experiences then went ou the stage and sang in an opera her voice was a sweet and one which gave way after a while and lic left the stage but she sang for a livelihood in some of the churchea chur chei in philadelphia she finally drifted to los angelea the marriage which she made has estranged her from her family her stepmother letting her know that they considered she had dis graced them she had ft struggle with abject poverty since her arrival in the city and has eked out an existence by acting as nurse and performing such light as she is capable of the half of the world which does not know auw the other half lives doea oot care and her life with its strange episodes may excite in them a belief that it id all a fairy tale |